For some of these celebrities, being the first to be kicked off Strictly Come Dancing seriously harmed their careers

PR expert Mark Borkowski reckons it is all down to the shame of being first out on TV’s biggest show — a subject none of the agents of First Week Losers I approached wanted their clients to discuss.

Mark said: “Celebrities who get voted out at the first stage had better start writing obituary notes for their career. In Strictly terms, they shouldn’t be playing the last dance music, they should be playing the funeral waltz for their career.